Evidence & Custody Officer

Role Summary

The Evidence & Custody Officer owns THE RESET's chain of custody from counter-operation to legal dossier — receiving captured telemetry, platform artifacts, and dark-pattern documentation from field and science teams, preserving it under tamper-evident seal, and maintaining the evidence registry that makes the directorate's cases hold if they ever reach a tribunal or regulatory proceeding. The role is the single accountable custodian of the most sensitive evidence the directorate holds, much of it classified QUANTUM-ZONE-TASK-FORCE EYES-ONLY. A broken chain does not just lose a case — it can lose the directorate's deniability.

Key Responsibilities

1. Receive, log, and preserve all counter-op evidence — captured telemetry, platform artifacts, technique documentation, and dark-pattern samples — under tamper-evident seal with an unbroken chain of custody.
2. Maintain the evidence registry and transfer log to expert-witness and regulatory-audit standard, recording every seal, handoff, and access event.
3. Steward the secure custody vault, controlling access and certifying storage conditions for sensitive and EYES-ONLY material.
4. Validate handoffs from Counter-Op Field Analysts and Technique Researchers against collection and packaging standards, rejecting compromised material.
5. Support General Counsel and Dispatch with certified, defensible evidence packages for casework, regulatory submission, and potential disclosure.
6. Audit custody practice across the directorate and report any integrity breach immediately to General Counsel.

Required Qualifications

• Evidence management, digital forensics, or chain-of-custody background with documented custodial experience.
• Mastery of chain-of-custody doctrine and evidentiary admissibility standards across relevant jurisdictions.
• Meticulous, audit-proof record-keeping discipline under the highest classification tier.
• Absolute discretion appropriate to QUANTUM-ZONE-TASK-FORCE EYES-ONLY clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Law enforcement, regulatory-investigation, or tribunal evidence-handling experience.
• Secure-facility or vault-management background with access-control systems experience.
• Familiarity with digital-evidence preservation standards and forensic imaging procedures.

Certifications & Clearances

Curricula are delivered through the Training Academy; currency is tracked on the HR training matrix.

Hazard & Safety

Compensation

Mission-driven O-5 band with high-clearance differential and full medical.

Career Path

Advances to General Counsel's senior custody and governance track; partners closely with Legal, Dispatch, and OPSEC.